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DOE’s Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation Launches Regional Consortia To Bolster Domestic Critical Minerals Supply Chain |
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New projects will join previous awardees in developing alternative feedstocks |
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation today announced $15 million for two projects that will establish regional consortia to accelerate the development of new critical minerals and materials supply chains from unconventional and secondary feedstocks.
“Building domestic supply chains for critical minerals and materials means realizing the value of unconventional feedstocks,” said Assistant Secretary of Energy (EERE) Audrey Robertson. “Domestically abundant sources, such as coal, wastewater from oil and gas development, and acid mine drainage, can reinforce supply chains for American manufacturing and the production of essential technologies.”
These two projects join six previous selectees and will build upon the ongoing work of DOE’s Carbon Ore, Rare Earth, and Critical Minerals (CORE-CM) Initiative, scaling the focus from 13 basins in the continental United States to eight broader regions across the nation, including Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico.
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